And Beasts that have Deliberation , must necessarily also have Will .

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

I shuffle along, letting the current pull me, and i have the sense that I am like a rat caught in a maze of tunnels, moving endlessly toward some promise of...of what? Light? Life? Cheese?

Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there

The mind can start to work in your favor or against you at any given time. It's a matter of turning your thoughts and beliefs around.

Days are a finite resource and it's best to protect the ones you have.

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

You always go by your gut. That's the best you can do. You go by what you feel, and you say yes or no based on what it inspires in you.

True badassery has no gender.

I dont feel like my job is to be beloved.

It was marrying that made women appreciate other women.

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.